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Author Seidel, Michael, Dipl.-Ing. Dr.

Title Tensile surface structures : a practical guide to cable and membrane construction / Michael Seidel
Published Berlin : Ernst & Sohn, ©2009
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Description 1 online resource (xi, 229 pages) : illustrations
Contents Tensile Surface Structures A Practical Guide to Cable and Membrane Construction; Foreword; Preface; Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Materials for tensile surface structures; 3 Construction of tensile surface structures; 4 Summary and outlook
Summary Tensile surface structures are the visual expression of an intensive rethinking of the topic of building envelopes by designers. Advances in design methods, materials, construction elements, and assembly and erection planning in the field of lightweight construction are enabling ever more exacting applications of tensile structures with envelope and structural functions, especially in roofing over large clear spans without internal support. This book discusses the fundamental influence of material manufacture and assembly in deciding the most suitable type of building or structure and its detailing in the design process. Special attention is given to the erection of wide-span lightweight structures. The construction methods used to erect the types of tensile structures are illustrated with a selection of example projects. -- Edited summary from book
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Translated from the German
Print version record
Subject Tensile architecture.
Flexible structures.
tensile structures.
nonrigid structures.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Structural.
Flexible structures
Tensile architecture
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9783433600276
3433600279
9783433600269
3433600260